tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2003638119215893322..comments2018-02-17T08:50:27.414-06:00Comments on Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Terror Tales, August 1939James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-49724912312786692152017-03-21T03:08:01.517-05:002017-03-21T03:08:01.517-05:00i adore a lot of pulp authors who wrote in the wei...i adore a lot of pulp authors who wrote in the weird menace magazines (norvell w. page, hugh b cave, frederick c. davis, etc.), but bruno fischer and arthur j burks are my favorites of the guys who i think of as core &quot;weird menace authors,&quot; though yes, they both wrote other stuff. i never read a weird menace magazine where the bruno fischer story did not stand near or at the top.S. Craig Zahlerhttp://scraigzahler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-48273447187989695052017-03-19T18:21:49.064-05:002017-03-19T18:21:49.064-05:00I think that was kinda sorta the audience hoped-fo...I think that was kinda sorta the audience hoped-for, in part. Cummings wasn&#39;t selling too well to other sorts of markets by then, I think, except for the stories Frederik Pohl would buy for his Popular/Fictioneers sf magazines out of a sense of respect for what Cummunings once had been...I&#39;ve forced myself through a couple/few John Knox shudder-lite stories Daisy Bacon ran in DETECTIVE Todd Masonhttp://socialistjazz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-71089753518875507422017-03-19T15:22:42.439-05:002017-03-19T15:22:42.439-05:00It&#39;s best to read the weird menace pulps with ...It&#39;s best to read the weird menace pulps with a strong sense of humor and also a strong sense of the bizarre and ridiculous. If you take them seriously, then you may develop mental problems and have serious issues with women!Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15455055865128024412017-03-19T14:09:14.783-05:002017-03-19T14:09:14.783-05:00Thanks, Barry. I didn&#39;t know the artist. I alw...Thanks, Barry. I didn&#39;t know the artist. I always enjoy the stories in Weird Menace pulps, but yeah, it&#39;s best to space them out.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-70126888602888149162017-03-19T13:58:36.810-05:002017-03-19T13:58:36.810-05:00Almost forgot to mention that cover was done by Jo...Almost forgot to mention that cover was done by John Drew.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89998314920881571002017-03-19T13:57:37.447-05:002017-03-19T13:57:37.447-05:00Just don&#39;t read too many of the stories as the...Just don&#39;t read too many of the stories as they tend to turn your brain to mush.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.com